26 Bible Verses about sloth
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Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger.
Through sloth the roof sinks in, and through indolence the house leaks.
The hand of the diligent will rule, while the slothful will be put to forced labor.
The way of a sluggard is like a hedge of thorns, but the path of the upright is a level highway.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion in the road! There is a lion in the streets!"
so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense,
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
Whoever is slothful will not roast his game, but the diligent man will get precious wealth.
The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!"
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth.
Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to those who send him.
How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep?
The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly.
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
She looks well to the ways of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags
From Thematic Bible
The poor » Condition of, often results from » Sloth
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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Sloth Examples Of
Isaiah 56:10His watchmen are blind; they are all without knowledge; they are all silent dogs; they cannot bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.
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